The charter of the New England Laborers’/Cranston Public Schools Construction Career Academy has been renewed, but they aren’t out of the woods yet. NEL/CPS has three years to address academic ...

Former Gov. Edward D. “Ed” DiPrete was a popular Republican politician in a predominantly Democratic state. He rose from the ranks of the Cranston School Committee to become mayor of the ...

The Knightsville section of the city comes alive in many ways this week as the village celebrates the 120 th annual St.

All in the family.  Last week, Mayor Kenneth Hopkins paid tribute to the memory of a long-lived and much-loved dining ...

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s Aquatic Resource Education program will hold three more “Come Clam ...

The Cranston Public Library and Cranston Parks and Recreation will launch their free summer concert series on Thursday at ...

What, or who, is haunting Sprague Mansion? For many years, this historical mansion, now the home of the Cranston Historical Society, has had a reputation for being plagued by unexplained phenomena. In ...

Rhode Island baseball legend Mike Stenhouse was recently selected for induction to the College Baseball Hall of Fame along ...

WILLFULL TRESPASS On July 13 at 9:42 p.m., officers arrested a Cranston resident on a charge of Willful Trespass. The arrest was the result of a call for service at 777 Cranston St. The arrestee ...

For more than 40 years, Cranston Hall of Fame has been honoring, recognizing and celebrating graduates from Cranston Public Schools. From a pool of almost two dozen applications, the screening ...

Nathan Scarborough loves Rhode Island. He was raised in Cranston, goes to school in Providence, and this summer he’s working ...

Back in 1976, Tom McDonough had a unique fund-raising idea for Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Cranston that has since developed into the oldest sports card show in the country. The ...